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THE LLAMA. 
^^eir flesh, which is thought to equal venison, 
that three hundred thousand were employ- 
ed at the mines of Potosi. 
It is to be regretted that experiments on a 
large scale have not been made with judgment 
introduce this species into Europe. The 
^''ials made for this purpose in France prior to 
*•116 Revolution seem not to have been govern- 
by a due regard to the climate. It is not 
'•improbable that the vicugna might be natura- 
lized in the Pyrenees ; and if their fleece were 
*^o be shorn, without killing the animals, as in 
I'^ru, it might lead to the establishment of a 
and important branch of commerce. 
File alpacos belongs to the same family as 
111® llama. It is smaller than the domestic 
even the wild llama, being about two feet 
^ight inches high at the shoulder. Its form 
light, its body short, its neck straight, its 
•^moup elevated ; the nose and visage smaller 
^••d more rounded than in the other varieties ; 
